[Rhodes22-list] Correction Alert

[Michael D. Weisner]

Brad,

You are not alone...

I thought that he was attempting to drive home a point through repetition.

Mike
s/v Shanghai'd Summer ('81)
Nissequogue River, NY

From: "Brad Haslett" <flybrad at gmail.com>Sent: Monday, March 31, 2008 2:01 PM
> Pete,
>
> Is it just me or is everyone getting multiple posts? Why don't you solve
> your e-mail and internet issues before you save the world.  On the other
> hand, develop your "widespread" ammunition and share it with the troops.
>
> Brad
>
> On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 12:46 PM, petelargo <petelauritzen at earthlink.net>
> wrote:
>
>>
>> Al Gore was just on 60 minutes last nite.  He lost the weight. Also, it
>> took
>> him a while because of the size of the house and his schedule, but he
>> finished making his mansion energy independent and is now working on his
>> parents place. He made a ton of money investing in Google early on. He
>> donated every penny of his book and movie and Nobel Peace Prize award to
>> upcoming ads and movement to ally political opposites and mobilize
>> international trainings to the climate change awareness issue.
>>
>> I won't even get into the 2000 vote "scamola" as there is plenty of data
>> on
>> that, but no one questions that he won the popular vote.  He certainly 
>> was
>> within his rights to sue but opted out. Classy guy. Good pick, Stan.
>>
>> More info:
>>
>> The Florida recount was stopped a few weeks later by the Supreme Court of
>> the United States. In the ruling, Bush v. Gore, the Florida recount was
>> called unconstitutional and that no constitutionally valid recount could
>> be
>> completed by the December 12 deadline, effectively ending the recounts.
>> This
>> 7-2 vote ruled that the standards the Florida Supreme Court provided for 
>> a
>> recount as unconstitutional due to violations of the Equal Protection
>> Clause
>> of the Fourteenth Amendment, and further ruled 5-4 that no
>> constitutionally
>> valid recount could be completed by the December 12 deadline. This case
>> ordered an end to recounting underway in selected Florida counties,
>> effectively giving George W. Bush a 534 vote victory in Florida and
>> consequently Florida's 27 electoral votes and the presidency.[44] The
>> results of the decision led to Gore winning the popular vote by
>> approximately 500,000 votes nationwide, but receiving 266 electoral votes
>> to
>> Bush's 271 (1 DC Elector abstained).[45] Gore strongly disagreed with the
>> Court's decision, but decided "for the sake of our unity as a people and
>> the
>> strength of our democracy, I offer my concession."[46]
>>
>> The election was one of the most controversial in recent American
>> history.[1][2]
>>
>>
>> Brad Haslett-2 wrote:
>> >
>> > Stan,
>> >
>> > Count yourself lucky, at least you know what you want!  McCain is half
>> > RINO,
>> > half DINO.  Hillary is a Clinton.  Obama is half everything.  If in
>> fact,
>> > if
>> > he's got Jewish blood as well, he doesn't have to apologize for his
>> > Pastor.
>> > That church will throw him out in a heartbeat.
>> >
>> > Gore wouldn't be so bad.  Maybe if he was the President he'd sell his
>> > gazillion square-foot, global warming house.  They have a track at the
>> > White
>> > House don't they?  Big Al could use some exercise. If  he does run I'd
>> > like
>> > to remind him of two things.  One, win your own state.  Two, the 
>> > Supreme
>> > Court didn't pick the winner in 2000, they just set a deadline to stop
>> > re-counting the votes in Florida.  He lost by all five methods 
>> > including
>> > the
>> > two he cherry-picked.
>> >
>> > Brad
>> >
>> >
>> > On Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 1:55 PM, stan <stan at rhodes22.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >>    I feel it is my duty (politically speaking) to join my Rhodies
>> friends
>> >> early exit-poll reporting of their secret balloting.
>> >>
>> >>    I would choose McCain because of his age
>> >>        Listening to the younger members of the List proves that age
>> makes
>> >> one smarter.
>> >>
>> >>    I would choose Hillary because she is a woman,
>> >>        and try as I might, my high lab TEST. level makes me prefer
>> woman
>> >> over men.
>> >>
>> >>    I would choose Obama because he is half white,
>> >>        and because I have read a dirty tricks blog that he is half
>> >> Jewish.
>> >>   They did not
>> >>        mention whether it is the top or bottom half - it does make a
>> >> difference.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>    But with only 2 choices allowed, I had to rule out John because,
>> while
>> >> I love his                                 McCain/Kennedy immigration
>> >> bill,
>> >> I do not appreciate his disrespect of women:
>> >>        He has reiterated his vows to stick with the party line:  Keep
>> >> government off men's back
>> >>        and control over women's inside.  Also, while I feel candidates
>> >> have a right to flip/flop,
>> >>        his flop on now decreasing taxes during war, breaks with all
>> prior
>> >> Republican
>> >>        commander in chiefs.  I will give him a second look when he 
>> >> gets
>> >> as
>> >> old as me.
>> >>
>> >>    I'm going with Al for president and Barack as VP because Clinton
>> >> ignored my right-on and
>> >>        perfectly timed Hail Mary call on 4 and 10 at the start of the
>> >> second half and blew her game.
>> >>
>> >>        For Gore bashers:
>> >>            With all those terms as a congressman and
>> >>            all those terms as a senator and
>> >>            with the maximum 2 terms as vice president
>> >>                a "no experience" bash does not hold water.
>> >>
>> >>        And with a winning of the popular presidential vote,
>> >>            the "un-winner ability" bash does not hold water
>> >>
>> >> But who listens to the hairy 135 Pound Gorilla in the Rhodes chat 
>> >> Room.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>  stan/ec
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